WordNet is a semantic lexicon for the English language. It was created and is being maintained at the Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University under the direction of psychology professor George A. Miller.
The purpose is twofold: to produce a combination of dictionary and thesaurus that is more intuitively usable, and to support automatic text analysis and artificial intelligence applications.
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beard, byssus, face fungus, whiskers,
1. NOUN. (beard)
tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
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2. NOUN. (beard)
hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
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hair,
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3. NOUN. (beard)
the hair growing on the lower part of a man''s face
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hair,
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fuzz, imperial, imperial beard, beaver, sideburn, burnside, mutton chop, side-whiskers, goatee, vandyke beard, vandyke,
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4. NOUN. (beard)
a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)
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5. NOUN. (beard)
a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
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awn,
6. VERB. (beard)
go along the rim, like a beard around the chin
"Houses bearded the top of the heights"
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rim,
